Professional bodies in LIS in India are body without soul ! On Sat, 23 May 2020 17:54 Sharmila Ghosh, <milaghosh@gmail.com> wrote:

Aren't there professional regulatory bodies to frame up policies on determining the prerequisites of holding a webinar or to determine the significance of webinar topics?

On Sat, 23 May, 2020, 4:03 PM Anup Kumar DAS, <anup_csp@jnu.ac.in> wrote:

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I agree with you. Do you want any particular government body to be set-up (e.g., National Webinars Assessment Authority) to keep the number of such webinars limited ONLY to what is actually required? Another national authority from the taxpayers' money?

On Sat, May 23, 2020 at 3:02 PM Sharmila Ghosh <milaghosh@gmail.com> wrote:

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When you attend an event physically / in person.. Be it a scholarly event or a socio-cultural event, the levels of *active* participation, verbal interactions with fellow participants , information exchange and knowledge sharing.. Happens at different levels altogether.. This *cannot* be possible from the space of your home or office, you being solo.. And isolated.. Just you, your equipment, the network and everything that is possible online!

Agree.. In a situation like this (lockdown and compulsory social distancing) we don't have a better option. But, why not keep the number of such webinars limited ONLY to what is actually required.?

On Sat, 23 May, 2020, 2:37 PM Nabi Hasan, <nabihasan@gmail.com> wrote:

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Infact this is good, that the people have choice to attend without cost, keeping busy and learning as well. Its better than predatory conferences or publishing or predatory awards. -- Thanks and regards,

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On Sat, 23 May 2020 at 12:58, Anup Kumar DAS <anup_csp@jnu.ac.in> wrote:

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Dear Sharmila-di,

Thanks for your insightful comment. However, I feel that webinar is spreading more knowledge than pre-Covid19 situation. Let the budding professionals learn from the experienced professionals and scholars through these webinars.

With Best Wishes

Anup

On Sat, May 23, 2020 at 12:53 PM Sharmila Ghosh <milaghosh@gmail.com> wrote:

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Number of webinar cases each day is exceeding spike in corona cases

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